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Old 09-19-2016, 09:29 PM   #1
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Do I need to use DNS bind on a desktop?

I have four computers at home. One is linux only and the other 3 are windows. I want to do file sharing between machines. Do I need to use and DNS bind and samba to connect with them? Thx
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Old 09-20-2016, 12:15 AM   #2
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No, it's only for translating zone.domains to IPs.
 
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Do I need to use and DNS bind and samba to connect with them?
DNS Bind?
No need.

Samba?
Yes. Read this for easy set-up between Linux and M$ file-sharing connectivity. For further reading materials use internet search engines for key-words "linux windows samba".

Hope that helps. Good luck.

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Old 09-20-2016, 03:48 PM   #5
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Thanks 2 all for the clarification. So samba is all I need. That's good, one less thing to configure. I saw a DNS bind video on youtube and it was confusing. Samba is so easier.
 
  


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